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gwen: so who is at fault? at the white house afghan president karzai gets the royal treatment but what's happening on the battlefield? >> i think i'd be prepared to say nobody is winning at this point. gwen: and incumbents brace for what could be a rocky political season. for democrats -- >> we've gone through a stormy time. gwen: and republicans. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic. gwen: covering the week, pete williams of nbc news, juliet eilperin of the "washington post," martha raddatz of abc news, and charles babington of the associated press. >> award winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill and national journal". corporate funding is provided by -- >> harnessing the power of competitive markets and clean energy technology like nuclear, wind, solar and increased efficiency to achieve a more secure energy future. constellation energy. >> additional funding is provided by boeing, exzaun
gwen: so who is at fault? at the white house afghan president karzai gets the royal treatment but what's happening on the battlefield? >> i think i'd be prepared to say nobody is winning at this point. gwen: and incumbents brace for what could be a rocky political season. for democrats -- >> we've gone through a stormy time. gwen: and republicans. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic. gwen: covering the week, pete williams of nbc news, juliet eilperin of the...
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gwen: the next big fight. will the government be able to impose stiff, new controls on the big banks? we talk about that, nuclear politics, supreme court politics and tea party politics tonight on "washington week." >> wall street took advantage of america. it's now our turn to look at wall street contributing to a better america. >> sounds simple enough. but a bank regulation bill that seems like a slam dunk only a short time ago -- >> i think we're very, very close -- gwen: has run into a partisan buzz saw on capitol hill. >> this bill wouldn't solve the problems that led to the financial crisis. it would make them worse. gwen: might the same thing happen to president obama's eventual supreme court nominee or to the plan embraced by global leaders this week to reduce nuclear weapons? but saws ever where. >> the tea party movement. gwen: much of it building under the tea party flag. >> stop calling anyone un-american. let the unintended consequences of these actions, the results are un-american. gwen: coverin
gwen: the next big fight. will the government be able to impose stiff, new controls on the big banks? we talk about that, nuclear politics, supreme court politics and tea party politics tonight on "washington week." >> wall street took advantage of america. it's now our turn to look at wall street contributing to a better america. >> sounds simple enough. but a bank regulation bill that seems like a slam dunk only a short time ago -- >> i think we're very, very close...
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gwen: dan? >> nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house seems cool to the package that the senate is thinking about. how much difference is there between democratic leaders in the two chambers, and what can president obama do to try to resolve that? >> i think both sides, the house and senate, are interested in getting anything they can. and if they can only get a small bill out of the senate, nancy pelosi isn't going to stop it. i do think that they disagree on the substance, but maybe not on the tactics. gwen: thanks, janet. now we're going to turn to foreign policy. new developments in iran about a set of old issues -- domestic unrest, nuclear ambition and threatened international sanctions. but as we look at the unpredictable state of affairs there, what of these three things is real and what is not? david? >> well, one thing that's real is that the government is under continued attack from some portion of its own people. 30%, 40%, and, yet, in these particular protests this week, which mark th
gwen: dan? >> nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house seems cool to the package that the senate is thinking about. how much difference is there between democratic leaders in the two chambers, and what can president obama do to try to resolve that? >> i think both sides, the house and senate, are interested in getting anything they can. and if they can only get a small bill out of the senate, nancy pelosi isn't going to stop it. i do think that they disagree on the substance, but...
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♪ gwen: reaping the whirlwind. what this week's election results mean for washington and the rest of the country. tonight on "washington week." >> ladies and gentlemen, the people of delaware have spoken. [cheers and applause] gwen: start your political engines as a newcomer shakes up the republican party. >> just a lot of nutty things she's been saying. gwen: and democrats try to make the most of it. >> it's real tough for the republican party, really it's kind of hung on a shingle, you know. no moderates need apply. gwen: but if this is a fundamental shift, who benefits? and how will that play out in an economically unstable time? >> their platform apparently is -- [speaking spanish] >> is that a bumper sticker you want on your car? >> americans, mr. president, have had it. gwen: the fed up electorate prepares to send a message, any message. covering the week, dan balz of "the washington post," jeanne cummings of politico. john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news and john harwood of the cnbc and "the new y
♪ gwen: reaping the whirlwind. what this week's election results mean for washington and the rest of the country. tonight on "washington week." >> ladies and gentlemen, the people of delaware have spoken. [cheers and applause] gwen: start your political engines as a newcomer shakes up the republican party. >> just a lot of nutty things she's been saying. gwen: and democrats try to make the most of it. >> it's real tough for the republican party, really it's kind of...
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>> not quite, gwen. when i've asked people over the last day about the tea party in iowa, the uniform answer is that it is not like it is in other states. here the religious conservatives have dominated the republican party, but there is not the kind of active or energetic kind of tea party movement. there are some tea party people here in the state but i don't think it's the same as we've seen in a number of the other states around the country. gwen: dan balz, i get the feeling you'll be back and forth in iowa more than once. she's not the first, she won't be the last candidate and we'll be checking in with you from time to time. >> thanks, gwen. gwen: ok, here's what puzzles me about all of this. we read the polls, we all do. it is clear that sarah palin, when her name is put out there, is just not that popular in the public at large. what is it about her or is it something about her that's driving this? >> well, i think you're exactly right about the polls. cbs did a poll this week, if you look inside
>> not quite, gwen. when i've asked people over the last day about the tea party in iowa, the uniform answer is that it is not like it is in other states. here the religious conservatives have dominated the republican party, but there is not the kind of active or energetic kind of tea party movement. there are some tea party people here in the state but i don't think it's the same as we've seen in a number of the other states around the country. gwen: dan balz, i get the feeling you'll be...
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once again, hive from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. after supreme court justice john paul stevens, the longest member of the bench and a liberal announced his pending environment, the president praised him and hinted at what is to come. >> while we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom. i'll seek somebody with similar qualities. independent mind and record of excellence and integrity and a fierce dedication to the ruling of law and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. gwen: before we get to the handicapping that will consume the next few weeks, let's talk about justice stevens. by the time he retires, he will become the court's third longest serving justice. he will leave a legacy, what will it be? >> it'll mostly be the last 15 or so years after he became the most senior justice of the liberals. and after others retired, because as the senior person on your ideological side, the left, the power to assign opinions and write them and he used that power quite absolutelyly. fir
once again, hive from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. after supreme court justice john paul stevens, the longest member of the bench and a liberal announced his pending environment, the president praised him and hinted at what is to come. >> while we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom. i'll seek somebody with similar qualities. independent mind and record of excellence and integrity and a fierce dedication to the ruling of law and a keen...
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gwen: thank you, christi. with congress out of town this holiday week, the mid-term political campaign has begun in earnest. for the democrats, the president is the standard-bearer, leaping at various chances to get away from washington and its problems to hit the road on behalf of endangered democrats who have survival problems. in missouri, where he campaigned for senate nominee robin carnahan, and in nevada, where he went to bat for embattled senate majority leader harry reid, he had the same message -- pick us, not them. >> there is a real choice here. we know how the movie ends if the other party's in charge. you don't have to guess how they'll govern, because we're still living with the damage from the last time they were governing. and they're singing from the same hymnal. they haven't changed. they want to do the same stuff. gwen: the other party is having its struggles, too. first, there is its chairman, michael steele, who got into hot water again last week by saying afghanistan is obamas war, not on
gwen: thank you, christi. with congress out of town this holiday week, the mid-term political campaign has begun in earnest. for the democrats, the president is the standard-bearer, leaping at various chances to get away from washington and its problems to hit the road on behalf of endangered democrats who have survival problems. in missouri, where he campaigned for senate nominee robin carnahan, and in nevada, where he went to bat for embattled senate majority leader harry reid, he had the...
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gwen: but if this is a fundamental shift, who benefits? and how will that play out in an economically unstable time? >> their platform apparently is
gwen: but if this is a fundamental shift, who benefits? and how will that play out in an economically unstable time? >> their platform apparently is
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once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. by now you may have heard what happened on tuesday, a wave so forceful a tsunami warning wouldn't have prepared democrats for what happened. here's the best the white house could offer in the form of an olive branch. >> can you name today areas you might be willing to compromise on that you might not have been willing to compromise on in the past? >> well, um, i think i've been willing to compromise in the past and i'm going to be willing to compromise going forward. on a whole range of issues. gwen: here what's -- was the republican response. >> the fact is if our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the healed spending bill, to end the bailouts, cut spending, and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do all those things is to put someone in the white house who won't veto any of those things. gwen: and in the meantime here's what at least one of the newcomers headed to washington into the results. >> i have a message! [cheers and applause] a message
once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. by now you may have heard what happened on tuesday, a wave so forceful a tsunami warning wouldn't have prepared democrats for what happened. here's the best the white house could offer in the form of an olive branch. >> can you name today areas you might be willing to compromise on that you might not have been willing to compromise on in the past? >> well, um, i think i've been willing to compromise in the...
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i'm michele norris sitting in for gwen ifill this week. questions of leadership, law, and presidential ambition tonight on "washington week." a thanksgiving week break makes way for a full plate ahead. for the president, there are big challenges at home. >> in the coming days it's so important, in the coming months it's so important that democrats and republicans work together. the election's over. we've got to find places where we can agree. michele: and challenges abroad. >> it is important for the american people to remember that afghanistan is not just an american battle. michele: for the g.o.p., is the republican with the most name recognition serious about running in 2012? >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. michele: and the supreme court, with a new justice on the bench, prepares to chew on several weighty issues, including immigration and benefits for returning veterans. covering these stories, peter baker of the "new york times," john dickerson of "slate magazine" and cbs news, and joan bisku
i'm michele norris sitting in for gwen ifill this week. questions of leadership, law, and presidential ambition tonight on "washington week." a thanksgiving week break makes way for a full plate ahead. for the president, there are big challenges at home. >> in the coming days it's so important, in the coming months it's so important that democrats and republicans work together. the election's over. we've got to find places where we can agree. michele: and challenges abroad....
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once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. this week's primary results show that several things we've come to expect. insiders are struggling, outsiders attractive. but money, it turns out, cannot always buy you love or power. in alaska, republican senator lisa murkowski's career is still up in the air. in arizona, gop senator john mccain spent $20 million to save his. and in florida, which always manages to have the most interesting elections, hospital executive rick scott spent $39 million and won the gop's gubernatorial nod while democratic congressman kendrick meek was able to beat back another outsider's $50 million to win his party's senate nomination. but november brings a brand-new fight. what do we make of all of this? let's start, karen, with alaska. >> well, alaska was a big surprise, probably the biggest surprise of this election year so far and no one was more surprised than lisa murkowski, the senior senator from alaska, who thought -- and everyone else thought -- that she was going to cruise to a pretty easy pri
once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. this week's primary results show that several things we've come to expect. insiders are struggling, outsiders attractive. but money, it turns out, cannot always buy you love or power. in alaska, republican senator lisa murkowski's career is still up in the air. in arizona, gop senator john mccain spent $20 million to save his. and in florida, which always manages to have the most interesting elections, hospital executive...
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i'm gwen ifill. president obama calls for a health care summit: bipartisan solution or party politics? >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest jockeying over policy and power after some conservatives rallied around sarah palin at this weekend's tea party convention. >> ifill: then, nearly one month after the quake hit, a report from haiti on the ongoing struggle for survival. >> brown: and ray suarez gets two views on what it will take to rebuild haiti's government. >> ifill: making a list and checking it twice: betty ann bowser looks at one way to cut health care costs. >> in michigan they had a two-third reduction in within a year, saved 600 lives an 2 $am dollars. >> brown: and more than just a football game, as new orleans celebrates a super bowl victory. we play for so much more than just ourselves, we play for our city. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is e
i'm gwen ifill. president obama calls for a health care summit: bipartisan solution or party politics? >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest jockeying over policy and power after some conservatives rallied around sarah palin at this weekend's tea party convention. >> ifill: then, nearly one month after the quake hit, a report from haiti on the ongoing struggle for survival. >> brown: and ray suarez gets two views on what it will take...
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gwen jocson, who last raised in 1999, claims victory. the honor is all when's. bridgetgwen's. >> it felt so good to have that much power underneath you where you can move it where you want. i won my first race in my last race. if i had not won this race, i would have to get back into it. it felt great. it is a great cause and these people are wonderful. >> it looks like she should come out of retirement because she was fantastic. we will have highlights of the black-eyed susan stake coming up. >> to our coverage of the 135th running of the preakness stakes continues in the broadcast. we check in with oar who is set to perform tomorrow. then, the turtle derby. also, the met life blimp which will fly over. our live coverage begins at 4:00 tomorrow morning. our special begins at 2:00 followed by nbc's sports coverage at 4:30. be sure to follow us online where we post all of our stores leading up to the preakness. go to wbaltv.com. >> police are investigating a murder in northwest baltimore not far from pimlico. officials say a man was found shot on patent avenue ar
gwen jocson, who last raised in 1999, claims victory. the honor is all when's. bridgetgwen's. >> it felt so good to have that much power underneath you where you can move it where you want. i won my first race in my last race. if i had not won this race, i would have to get back into it. it felt great. it is a great cause and these people are wonderful. >> it looks like she should come out of retirement because she was fantastic. we will have highlights of the black-eyed susan stake...
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gwen: pick your term. upheaval, earthquake, shellacking. no matter how you cut it, the political earth shifted this week. we'll explain what it happened and what it means tonight on "washington week. >> i'm confident and i am hopeful because this is our movement. this is our moment. this is our morning in america. >> tuesday's election was not about republicans. it was about the democrats. they got a report card. they got an f. >> i'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. i'm sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. >> no regrets. no regrets. because we believe we did the righin
gwen: pick your term. upheaval, earthquake, shellacking. no matter how you cut it, the political earth shifted this week. we'll explain what it happened and what it means tonight on "washington week. >> i'm confident and i am hopeful because this is our movement. this is our moment. this is our morning in america. >> tuesday's election was not about republicans. it was about the democrats. they got a report card. they got an f. >> i'm not recommending for every future...
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gwen, it sounds like a nice day for the sunday practice. >> it is. our temperatures will be rising though. the good news is we'll get a break in the humidity. we love to know that. but wait until you see what is the workweek has in store for you. i have all of the details coming up. stay with us. i'll be back right after the break. >>> some of the top stories we're following. three people shot at a pool party in the district. it happened around 3:00 a.m. in southeast. two of the victims are men and one is a woman. all are in stable condition and so far no word on any motive or arrest. >>> baltimore police say a man went on a tabbing rampage while attending a high school reunion. one person died and eight others are hurt. they are all expected to survive. the event for graduated from 1995 through 2005 did have security. >>> and today is the five-year anniversary of hurricane katrina making landfall in the gulf coast. president obama will visit new orleans tomorrow. >>> and that is the day that many people will never forget. >> it was just devastating
gwen, it sounds like a nice day for the sunday practice. >> it is. our temperatures will be rising though. the good news is we'll get a break in the humidity. we love to know that. but wait until you see what is the workweek has in store for you. i have all of the details coming up. stay with us. i'll be back right after the break. >>> some of the top stories we're following. three people shot at a pool party in the district. it happened around 3:00 a.m. in southeast. two of the...
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gwen: washington hates uncertainty. but that's all we've got right now. uncertainty as congress leaves up to to campaign and uncertainty as a washington up to to campaign and uncertainty as a washington upheaval
gwen: washington hates uncertainty. but that's all we've got right now. uncertainty as congress leaves up to to campaign and uncertainty as a washington up to to campaign and uncertainty as a washington upheaval
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i'm gwen ifill. afghan authorities said today it was too early to judge the outcome or the legitimacy of this weekend's parliamentary elections. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, election observer scott worden in kabul has the details about reports of widespread fraud at the polls. >> ifill: then we talk with admiral thad allen about the permanent sealing of the blown out oil well in the gulf of mexico. >> brown: margaret warner runs a debate on whether the f.d.a. should allow the sale of genetically modified salmon for human consumption. >> ifill: judy woodruff looks at the political power of sarah palin, with reporters libby casey of alaska public radio and jeff zeleny of the "new york times." anybody spots new tennis shoes the headline is going to be, vanity fair, they're going to say palin in iowa decides to run. >> brown: and ray suarez talks with angela kocherga of belo television on the latest killing of a journalist in the mexican drug wars. >> ifill: that's all ahead
i'm gwen ifill. afghan authorities said today it was too early to judge the outcome or the legitimacy of this weekend's parliamentary elections. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, election observer scott worden in kabul has the details about reports of widespread fraud at the polls. >> ifill: then we talk with admiral thad allen about the permanent sealing of the blown out oil well in the gulf of mexico. >> brown: margaret warner runs a debate on whether...
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i'm gwen ifill. political candidates and party leaders shift into high gear as republicans raise money, and democrats try to raise enthusiasm. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the shifting political landscape from analyst stuart rothenberg, 15 days before the midterm election. >> ifill: and judy woodruff profiles what is perhaps this year's marquee race, the nevada senate showdown. >> i'm here in the silver state where the most powerful man in the u.s. senate, majority leader harry reid is locked in a down to the wire battle with tea party favorite sharron angle. neither side is confident of the outcome. >> brown: then "wall street journal" reporter geoffrey fowler outlines new breaches of privacy for users of the social network facebook. >> ifill: from pakistan, two months after the floods, special correspondent jeffrey kaye reports on the continuing malnutrition and disease. >> people are not having that much good nutrition. they're not having shelter.
i'm gwen ifill. political candidates and party leaders shift into high gear as republicans raise money, and democrats try to raise enthusiasm. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the shifting political landscape from analyst stuart rothenberg, 15 days before the midterm election. >> ifill: and judy woodruff profiles what is perhaps this year's marquee race, the nevada senate showdown. >> i'm here in the silver state where the most...
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gwen will be up in a minute with more. back to you guys. >> thank you, tony. >>> well a warning for drivers in the district. we want to let you know that canal road is closed from fox hall road to arizona avenue. crews are removing downed trees and pepco is fixing two utility poles leaning over the roadway. the work should take up to five hours. again stay away from canal road from fox hall to arizona avenue. use mcarthur as an alternate. our coverage begins ith julie wright and a look at the traffic. >>> not only do we have a portion of canal road shut down. and i know people are telling you to go over to macarthur and use that as the workaround but we're talking a secondary road for a work-around. if your destination it to get from the beltway to the potomac, your better bet is to switch with the george washington parkway. we don't want people on the neighborhood streets and the roads less traveled because those crews haven't made it over there yet to treat the roadways. as we've heard from several of the officials on th
gwen will be up in a minute with more. back to you guys. >> thank you, tony. >>> well a warning for drivers in the district. we want to let you know that canal road is closed from fox hall road to arizona avenue. crews are removing downed trees and pepco is fixing two utility poles leaning over the roadway. the work should take up to five hours. again stay away from canal road from fox hall to arizona avenue. use mcarthur as an alternate. our coverage begins ith julie wright and...